Having one of ODOT's five bosses vote "no" and request a delay on a project of this scale — one that has vast bureaucratic inertia behind it — is unheard of.

bikeportland.org/2025/10/30/n...

looking at the full rose lane vision map and thinking: damn www.portland.gov/transportati...

Packed house for the @opb.org / @wgbh.org live taping of the cross over Big Dig / Stop Requested podcast! NMF co-founder @chrissmith.us is on tonight’s panel

“From the 1950s to the 1970s, federal contractors building the system deliberately mapped routes that rammed through and dismantled Black neighborhoods — payback, some say, for gains made during the Civil Rights Movement.”

Greg Johnson had a massive conflict of interest. He was a WSP Senior VP. Hired as the IBR Administrator he managed a $76 million contract with WSP.

IBR is losing its leader, Greg Johnson, at a very bad time: It is two years behind schedule, late on producing a new cost estimate that will push its price to almost $10 billion, is unlikely to get Coast Guard approval, and may lose $2 billion in federal grants. cityobservatory.org/ibr-johnson_...

The construction of a new Burnside Bridge that can withstand a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake is being delayed again due to uncertain federal funding.

Greenwashing the Interstate Bridge Project

https://cityobservatory.org/greenwashing-the-interstate-bridge-project/

Save the date! We're so excited about this upcoming livetaping of @opb.org's Stop Requested series, coming up on Tuesday October 28:

literary-arts.org/event/opb-th...

In the heart of Seoul, a ribbon of water now threads through where an expanse of asphalt once stood. The Cheonggyecheon Stream restoration, which replaced a major elevated motorway with an ecological and recreational corridor, has become a powerful case study in placemaking and traffic evaporation.🧵

A former expressway. Now a place for an evening stroll. Nighttime on the Cheonggyecheon River in Seoul.